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School of Engineering
- Undergraduate major in Mechanical Engineering
- Undergraduate major in Systems and Control Engineering
- Undergraduate major in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Undergraduate major in Information and Communications Engineering
- Undergraduate major in Industrial Engineering and Economics
- Common courses
- School of Materials and Chemical Technology
- School of Computing
- School of Life Science and Technology
- School of Environment and Society
- 工学院，物質理工学院，環境・社会理工学院共通科目
- Liberal arts and basic science courses
- First-Year Courses
- School of Science
- School of Engineering
- School of Materials and Chemical Technology
- School of Computing
- School of Life Science and Technology
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School of Environment and Society
- Department of Architecture and Building Engineering
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Department of Transdisciplinary Science and Engineering
- Department of Social and Human Sciences
- Department of Innovation Science
- Graduate major in Technology and Innovation Management
- Common courses
- Liberal arts and basic science courses
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Materials Science and Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Michinobu Tsuyoshi Ishige Ryohei
- Class Format
- Lecture
- Media-enhanced courses
- Day/Period(Room No.)
- at Tsinghua Univ. ()
- Group
- -
- Course number
- MAT.P483
- Credits
- 2
- Academic year
- 2021
- Offered quarter
- 3-4Q
- Syllabus updated
- 2021/7/13
- Lecture notes updated
- -
- Language used
- English
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Course description and aims
This course is for students in Tokyo Tech-Tsinghua University joint graduate program. The course is held at Tsinghua University in Beijing and mainly deals with the fundamental concepts of soft materials. Since the instructors and the topics change every year, the course contents will be revised every year. This year, the course will be divided into two: the former half will deal with structure and physical properties of soft matters including liquid crystal and polymers and the latter half will be synthesis and applications of organic semiconducting polymers.
Student learning outcomes
At the end of the course, students will acquire the following abilities:
1) Students will gain an understanding of thermodynamics of the hierarchical structures and the physical properties of soft matters and several analytical methods for them.
2) Students will understand how to produce organic semiconducting polymers and structure-property relationship.
Keywords
Liquid crystal, block copolymer, polyimide, self-organization, X-ray scattering, vibrational spectroscopy, polarized light, Organic semiconductor, Polymer synthesis, Cross-coupling reaction, Organic electroluminescence, Organic transistor, Organic photovoltaics
Competencies that will be developed
| ✔ Specialist skills | ✔ Intercultural skills | ✔ Communication skills | Critical thinking skills | ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
Class flow
This course will proceed in the following order: (1) hierachical structures of soft matters including polymers, (2) organic semiconducting polymers.
Course schedule/Required learning
| Course schedule | Required learning | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Thermodynamics of soft matters (1) | Explain soft matters on the basis of entropy |
| Class 2 | Thermodynamics of soft matters (2) | Explain the ordering mechanism of soft matters on the basis of entropy |
| Class 3 | Liquid crystalline polymers | Explain successive phase transition, orientation, and characteristics of liquid crystalline polymers |
| Class 4 | Polymer blends and block copolymers | Explain the ordering mechanism of polymer alloys with thermodynamics |
| Class 5 | Functional polymers | Explain how the functional polymers exhibit heat resistance properties with thermodynamics |
| Class 6 | Synchrotron (SR) X-ray scattering | Explain the methods of structural analyses on soft matters using SR-X-ray |
| Class 7 | Polarized vibrational spectroscopy | Explain molecular-orientation analyses based on polarized infrared absorbance and Raman scattering spectroscopies |
| Class 8 | Characteristics of Organic Semiconducting Polymers | Explain the characteristics of organic semiconducting polymers |
| Class 9 | Cross-Coupling Reactions | Explain the mechanism of cross-coupling reactions |
| Class 10 | Cross-Coupling Polymerization | Explain how to produce semiconducting polymers by cross-coupling polymerization |
| Class 11 | Direct Arylation Polymerization | Explain direct arylation polymerization |
| Class 12 | Organic Electroluminescence | Explain organic electroluminescence devices |
| Class 13 | Organic Transistors | Explain organic transistors |
| Class 14 | Organic Photovoltaics | Explain organic photovoltaics |
Textbook(s)
Non required.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Materials used in class can be found on OCW-i or T2SCHORA.
Assessment criteria and methods
Practice problems and interpretation for confirming the level of understanding (90%), level of class participation (10%) (The level of class participation will be evaluated by discussion, brief examination in the lecture.)
Related courses
- CAP.P421 ： Special Lecture on Characterization of Polymer Structures and Properties
- CAP.P422 ： Advanced Polymer Properties
- CAP.P432 ： Elements of Polymer Science II
- MAT.P426 ： Thermal Properties of Materials
- MAT.P414 ： Soft Materials Function
Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)
No prerequisites are necessary, but enrollment in the related courses is desirable.
